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Stage 2 · Years 3–4Spelling

Prefixes, Roots & the Suffix -ous

A full term of explicit, evidence-based spelling for Years 3–4 (NSW EN2-SPELL-01). Ten weeks of Triple Word Form word study — sound, pattern and meaning — through an animated teaching deck, three genuinely differentiated worksheets, teacher lesson plans and exit tickets. No prep beyond pressing print. This Term 2 pack is Prefixes, Roots & the Suffix -ous.

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$14.00AUD

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Three levels, one word set

Every student studies the same words — pitched to where they are.

Support

Sound boxes, look-say-cover-write-check and a word-bank scaffold

Core

The grade-expected weekly word study

Extension

Spell from memory, apply the pattern to new words and compose sentences

What's included

Cover page + a teacher guide mapping the term's word-study scope
Animated teaching deck — sounds, spelling patterns and word parts build one step at a time
★☆☆ Support worksheet — sound boxes, look-say-cover-write-check and a word-bank scaffold
★★☆ Core worksheet — the grade-expected weekly word study
★★★ Extension worksheet — spell from memory, apply the pattern to new words and compose sentences
Teacher lesson plans — explicit I do → we do → you do across ten weeks
Exit tickets with a teacher answer key

Built on the evidence

This isn't a worksheet dump. Every choice in this pack is grounded in what the NSW Department of Education says actually helps students learn.

Explicit teaching, I do → we do → you do
The animated teaching deck models each word set before students practise — the teacher shows the sounds, the spelling pattern and the word parts, step by step, exactly as NSW explicit teaching prescribes.
CESE What Works Best 2025 · Explicit teaching
Triple Word Form Theory
Every week studies one word set three ways — Phonological (sound), Orthographic (pattern) and Morphological (meaning) — because skilled spellers draw on all three, not phonics alone.
NSW DoE · Effective reading & spelling instruction
Differentiation that manages cognitive load
Three worksheets every week — ★ Support scaffolds with sound boxes and a word bank, ★★ Core is grade-expected, ★★★ Extension spells from memory and composes — so one word set reaches every student.
CESE · Cognitive load theory
Retrieval & spaced practice
Weekly look-say-cover-write-check and end-of-block exit tickets build retrieval and transcription automaticity, freeing working memory for composition. Aligned to NSW EN2-SPELL-01.
NESA · NSW English K–10 (2022)